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Using Uncertainity Within Computation
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Call for Participation
AAAI 2001 Fall Symposium
Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort and Conference Center
North Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA
November 2-4, 2001
http//:www.cs.york.ac.uk/~tw/fall
Outline
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To reason about complex computational systems, researchers are
starting to borrow techniques from the field of uncertainty
reasoning. In some cases, this is because the algorithms contain
stochastic components. For example, Markov decision processes are now
being used to model the trajectory of stochastic local search
procedures. In other cases, uncertainity is used to help model and
cope with the stochastic nature of inputs to (possibly deterministic)
algorithms. For example, Monte Carlo sampling is used to deal with
uncertainity in game playing programs, whilst probability
distributions are used to model variations in runtime performance.
Uncertainity and randomness have also been found to be a useful
addition to many deterministic algorithms. And a number of areas like
planning, constraint satisfaction, and inductive logic programming
which have traditionally ignored uncertainity in their computations
are waking up to the possibility of incorporating uncertainity into
their formalisms. The goal of this workshop is to encourage symbiosis
between these different areas.
Topics
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The aim is to bring together researchers from a number different areas
of AI including (but not limited to) agents, constraint programming,
decision theory, game playing, knowledge representation and reasoning,
learning, planning, probabilistic reasoning, qualitative reasoning,
reasoning under uncertainty, and search. Possible topics include (but
are not limited to):
o Incorportating uncertainity into existing frameworks
o Modelling uncertainity in computation
o Monte Carlo sampling
o Probabilistic analysis and evaluation of algorithms
o Randomization of algorithms
o Stochastic vs. systematic algorithms
o Utility and computation
Submission Information
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The symposium will consist of invited talks, panel discussions,
individual
presentations and group discussions. Those interested in making a
presentation should submit a technical paper of up to 8 pages in the
AAAI
two column proceedings format. Other participants should submit either a
position paper or a research abstract of up to 2 pages. Submissions
should
arrive by March 30, 2001. Email submissions in postscript format are
encouraged. Send to: tw@cs.york.ac.uk
Alternatively, 4 hard copies may be sent to:
Toby Walsh
Department of Computer Science
The University of York
Heslington
YORK
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1904 432793
Fax: +44 1904 432767
Further information on this symposium may be found at:
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~tw/fall
Please address questions to one of the co-chairs:
Carla Gomes, Cornell, gomes@cs.cornell.edu
Toby Walsh, York, tw@cs.york.ac.uk
Student Grants
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Doctoral students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to attend. A
number of student grants will be available, funded by the Institute of
Intelligent Information Systems (IISI). To apply for these funds,
please email a letter of application to the co-chair Carla Gomes,
gomes@cs.cornell.edu. Your letter should include a description of
your interests in the area of the symposium, details of financial
support you have obtained or hope to obtain from elsewhere, and a
short summary of your educational background. Preference will be
given to those who also wish to present at the Symposium.
Applications for financial support should arrive by 11th June 2001.
Organizing committee
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Tom Dean, Brown, tld@cs.brown.edu
Marek Druzdzel, Pittsburgh, marek@sis.pitt.edu
Matt Ginsberg, CIRL, ginsberg@cirl.uoregon.edu
Carla Gomes (co-chair), Cornell, gomes@cs.cornell.edu
Holger Hoos, British Columbia, hoos@cs.ubc.ca
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft, horvitz@microsoft.com
Michael Jordan, Berkeley, jordan@cs.berkeley.edu
Henry Kautz, Washington, kautz@cs.washington.edu
Scott Kirkpatrick, IBM, kirk@cs.huji.ac.il
Michael Littman, AT&T, mlittman@research.att.com
Stephen Muggleton, York, stephen@cs.york.ac.uk
David Poole, British Columbia, poole@cs.ubc.ca
Stuart Russell, Berkeley, russell@cs.berkeley.edu
Bart Selman, Cornell, selman@cs.cornell.edu
Stephen Smith, CMU, sfs@cs.cmu.edu
Toby Walsh (co-chair), York, tw@cs.york.ac.uk
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